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obama and republican house speaker john boehner failed to reach agreement on the budget, an agreement that they called "the grand bargain?" you're calling for cooperation in washington, but if you're re-elected, john boehner will still be speaker of the house. paul ryan will still be the chairman of the budget committee. how will anything change in washington if all the players are the same, including yourself? >> well, first of all, we don't know what's going to happen in the election. in my election or anybody else's. so we don't want to take that for granted. but let's assume i'm re-elected and the house republicans are still in charge. i think it's important to point out that even with all the back-and-forth that's taken place this year, we got a lot o stuff done. we have cut a trillion dollars from our deficit because of an agreement that i made with speaker boehner that got passed ones, and we'd like to see greate cooperation. i don't expect i will get 100% cooperation. but 50%, 60%, wouldn't be bad. >> pelley: but if you win, will you be willing to compromise? what are you will
obama and republican house speaker john boehner failed to reach agreement on the budget, an agreement that they called "the grand bargain?" you're calling for cooperation in washington, but if you're re-elected, john boehner will still be speaker of the house. paul ryan will still be the chairman of the budget committee. how will anything change in washington if all the players are the same, including yourself? >> well, first of all, we don't know what's going to happen in the...
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. >> i just spoke with john boehner, i would just say, you have an economy that's, you know, the numbers don't look good right now. the unemployment looks pretty bad and i know the overall number went down, but because people are dropping out of the work force and now is the time to destimulate. >> but it's a political calculation. the republicans who are in favor of spending cuts are saying, well, we're waiting until november and then we are going to do something big when the republicans, if they take it, if they take the white house, but-- >> that's what they're hanging their hats on. we'll do this because the election and i do want to bring in-- what do you make of the fact that everyone, including mr. gasperino has sold his soul? >> well, it's encouraging that that the republicans-- and this is, let's for cu-- focus on news not old news, charlie knows i'm kidding. it's encouraging, they're not choose to go stand on principle something not worth standing on principle. to their credit, they are committed to having a fight about this after the election and well they should. that's what
. >> i just spoke with john boehner, i would just say, you have an economy that's, you know, the numbers don't look good right now. the unemployment looks pretty bad and i know the overall number went down, but because people are dropping out of the work force and now is the time to destimulate. >> but it's a political calculation. the republicans who are in favor of spending cuts are saying, well, we're waiting until november and then we are going to do something big when the...
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because i thought that was what the negotiations were with john boehner, a grand bargain. i thought that's what what was happening in the senate with the gang of six, looking for a grand bargain between republicans and democrats. >> look, they were and as you know the gang of six was there and they met for eight months and they never wrote anything down because democrats were never willing to put anything on the table on spending and they wanted at least a trillion and a half dollars on higher taxes. >> rose: and that comes from one of the arguments. it was the democrats who say it was not that because house republicans were not willing to compromise. in the end because of you and the pledge and how they saw themselves and their country they were not willing to compromise. >> well, raising taxes for a republican is not compromising, it's betraying principle. if somebody said would you like to... >> rose: suppose that the president would say, look, cutting entitlements is not a compromise because it's a principle. i believe that you cannot take action that will be detriment
because i thought that was what the negotiations were with john boehner, a grand bargain. i thought that's what what was happening in the senate with the gang of six, looking for a grand bargain between republicans and democrats. >> look, they were and as you know the gang of six was there and they met for eight months and they never wrote anything down because democrats were never willing to put anything on the table on spending and they wanted at least a trillion and a half dollars on...
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because i thought that was what the negotiations were with john boehner, a grand bargain. i thought that's what what was happening in the senate with the gang of six, looking for a grand bargain between republicans and democrats. >> look, they were a as you know the gang of six was there and they met for eight months and they never wrote anything down because democrats were never willing to put anything on the table on spending and they wanted at least a trillion and a half dollars on higher taxes. >> rose: and that comes from one of the arguments. it was the democrats who say it was not that because house republicans were not willing to compromise. in the end because of you and the pledge and how they saw themselves and their country they were not willing to compromise. >> well, raising taxes for a reblic is not compromising it's betraying principle. if somebody said would you like to... >> rose: suppose that the president would say, look, cutting entitlements is not a compromise because it's a principle. i believe that you cannot take action that will be detrimental to t
because i thought that was what the negotiations were with john boehner, a grand bargain. i thought that's what what was happening in the senate with the gang of six, looking for a grand bargain between republicans and democrats. >> look, they were a as you know the gang of six was there and they met for eight months and they never wrote anything down because democrats were never willing to put anything on the table on spending and they wanted at least a trillion and a half dollars on...
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. >> there was another little contest behind the scenes contest going on between you and john boehner fund-raising. in the month of august, you $7 million. john boehner, $4 million. >> well, the fact is that most of our success springs from our small donors and our idealistic democrats who want to see more cooperation in government, more respect for each other's views, but what i say is we need to raise money to do away with money in politics, to reduce the role of money, to increase the level of civility. i promise you if we do that, elect more women, more young people, more minorities to public office, that's what we need to do a it's one of the first things we would do if elected come january. >> they have overall raised more money and boehner claims he has raised more in his years as speaker than you had, 84 to 65, but the amount of money doesn't really matter one million here or there. the amount of money in this national campaign is unprecedented and while the obama campaign has raised a lot of money, they are going to get killed by the super pacs coming up in the fall. >> i thi
. >> there was another little contest behind the scenes contest going on between you and john boehner fund-raising. in the month of august, you $7 million. john boehner, $4 million. >> well, the fact is that most of our success springs from our small donors and our idealistic democrats who want to see more cooperation in government, more respect for each other's views, but what i say is we need to raise money to do away with money in politics, to reduce the role of money, to...
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but i made a deal with john boehner and i will keep this deal with john boehner, he put revenue on the table, this is where he is going. >> he probably wouldn't have been able to sell that. and that goes to another underlying problem. >> rose: on the house side. >> i think on either side. >> rose: really? >> and that goes to the aloofness or coldness between house or hill democrats in the white house. those relationships are not supergreat either. because-- there just hasn't been the emotional. obama is not that kind of guy. he is a more intro verted guy so it's not like we are blood brothers together, we played football together, we played golf together that is not there. >> rose: so the election will depend as they head to the crucial period between now and november 6s, on the debate. >> right. >> rose: can, i mean is there other than something happening, is it unlikely that something happening being an external event in the international front or b, a debate that is so one-sided which i think is unlikely to be one-sided. the best that could happen would say to me is that the person
but i made a deal with john boehner and i will keep this deal with john boehner, he put revenue on the table, this is where he is going. >> he probably wouldn't have been able to sell that. and that goes to another underlying problem. >> rose: on the house side. >> i think on either side. >> rose: really? >> and that goes to the aloofness or coldness between house or hill democrats in the white house. those relationships are not supergreat either. because-- there...
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but i made a deal with john boehner and i will keep this deal with john boehner, he put revenue on the table, this is where he is going. >> he probably wouldn't have been able to sell that. and that goes to another underlying problem. >> rose: on the house side. >> i think on either side. >> rose: really? >> and that goes to the aloofness or coldness between house or hill democrats in the white use those relationships are not supergreat either. because-- there just hasn't been the emotional. obama is not that kind of guy. he is a more intro verted guy so it's not like we are blood brothers together, we played football together, we played golf together that is not there. >> rose: so the election will depend as they head to the crucial period between now and november 6s, on the debate. >> right. >> rose: can, i mean is there other than something happening, is it unlikely that something happening being an external event in the international front or b, debate that is so one-sided which i think is unlikely to be one-sided. the best that could happen would say to me is that the person who i
but i made a deal with john boehner and i will keep this deal with john boehner, he put revenue on the table, this is where he is going. >> he probably wouldn't have been able to sell that. and that goes to another underlying problem. >> rose: on the house side. >> i think on either side. >> rose: really? >> and that goes to the aloofness or coldness between house or hill democrats in the white use those relationships are not supergreat either. because-- there just...
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john boehner, mitch mcconnell, john mccain, lindsey graham, all the other major republican, they understood that today, when we've just had this terrible tragedy, we've lost our first ambassador since 1979 that today what do you is express sympathies for the family, you say justice will be done. you don't engage in political point scoring on this occasion. it is extraordinary unpresidential. one of the things the president has to do is be the mourner in chief. pull the country together when we were under attack, as we were last night in libya and cairo. so, for him to behave this way, and on top of that, to say things in a statement that are just factually untrue, is really, i think, a decisive moment in this campaign. >> dana, what's your reaction to the fact that mr. romney issues that statement before even the next of kin of those who have been killed have been informed? i mean, is this what we've come to? do we have absolutely no regard for the dead? >> martin, we've reached various points in this campaign where we've said, how can things get any worse than this? i even remember we were
john boehner, mitch mcconnell, john mccain, lindsey graham, all the other major republican, they understood that today, when we've just had this terrible tragedy, we've lost our first ambassador since 1979 that today what do you is express sympathies for the family, you say justice will be done. you don't engage in political point scoring on this occasion. it is extraordinary unpresidential. one of the things the president has to do is be the mourner in chief. pull the country together when we...
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john boehner has been visiting delegations. mitt romney gave you money that will go to states where he is not already advertising. it touched the region we touched on richard tisei in massachusetts. feels there is a larger trend of democratic candidates who are not the best. >> last night, democrats nominated a woman, in arizona, a new seat in a phoenix suburb, a state--at home -- stay-at- home mom -- she says there leeches on society. she says stay at home girlfriends are leeches on society. in nevada, you have a guy -- that in on pensions -- double dipping on pensions. he was doing that. he was one of the highest paid public employees as an assistant fire chief, making over $400,000. that is something the taxpayers want to know about. across the street, you have steven cole parking him the top -- stephen who parked in a handicapped spot what he was a state senator. was accused of pay for plate scandals and other things. we appreciate every leg up the democrats have given us. >> what about the governor's pick-up? >> we have gr
john boehner has been visiting delegations. mitt romney gave you money that will go to states where he is not already advertising. it touched the region we touched on richard tisei in massachusetts. feels there is a larger trend of democratic candidates who are not the best. >> last night, democrats nominated a woman, in arizona, a new seat in a phoenix suburb, a state--at home -- stay-at- home mom -- she says there leeches on society. she says stay at home girlfriends are leeches on...
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john boehner is out of that school. eric cantor is not. >> he's been between barack obama and the tea party constituency in his house. that's a very difficult place to be. real question is will he be in that same place in 2013? we'll have to see. >> bill: again assuming -- my scenario and president obama is re-elected, which i think he will be, doesn't that send a message to the republicans in the house, you may have tried this my way or the highway approach but the american people are not happy with it. they want you to get some things done. no? >> i think there is a growing understanding within both parties that people are -- voters really do want more bipartisanship on the hill. there was an article in the times by jennifer and jonathan that was all about how more republicans are campaigning this year on a platform of bipartisanship. and seeing that they have reached out to the other party and tried to cooperate and so i think we're seeing more of that this election cycle. >> bill: that gets to your point about not w
john boehner is out of that school. eric cantor is not. >> he's been between barack obama and the tea party constituency in his house. that's a very difficult place to be. real question is will he be in that same place in 2013? we'll have to see. >> bill: again assuming -- my scenario and president obama is re-elected, which i think he will be, doesn't that send a message to the republicans in the house, you may have tried this my way or the highway approach but the american people...
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is mitch mcconnell and john boehner's favorite company. the republican national committee put out a five-page memo cherry picking several things from my book that they thought made obama look bad, but for some reason they did not mention this company. the reason paul ryan kentucky about it this way is the stimulus has become a political disaster for obama. a year after it passed, the percentage of americans who believed it created jobs was lower than the percentage of americans who believed elvis presley was alive. >> that's a pretty big number though. >> it's pretty small. [laughter] a lot of people think the stimulus is the bank bailout, which it is not. it is the main street bailout. $300 billion in tax cut that went to more than 95% of the country. less than 10% of the country noticed it. i argue in the book how it really is changing the country. this is the purest distillation of what obama meant by. by i use it as a microcosm of the obama story, to show how he really has achieved some very big things, whether you like it or not. but,
is mitch mcconnell and john boehner's favorite company. the republican national committee put out a five-page memo cherry picking several things from my book that they thought made obama look bad, but for some reason they did not mention this company. the reason paul ryan kentucky about it this way is the stimulus has become a political disaster for obama. a year after it passed, the percentage of americans who believed it created jobs was lower than the percentage of americans who believed...
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host: the role of john boehner last year. guest: he went to the president and he proposed tax reform, and the president said he was willing to go along with the entitlement reform. half the book is this 44 days, and economic cuban missile crisis where they are trying to do something. the end result is to push everything off, all the tough decisions to 2013. host: they come up with the sequestration plan. now we're at a point where automatic spending cuts go through january, 2013. we went back into the c-span archives to illustrate your coverage. president obama comes before the cameras and so does john boehner. the reaction to that. [video clip] >> i did not see a path to a deal if they do not budge. if the basic proposition is, it is "my way or the highway, we will probably not get it done." if in fact mitch mcconnell and john boehner are sincere that they do not want to see u.s. government default, they have to compromise, just like democrats have to compromise. >> the president continues to insist on raising taxes. they ar
host: the role of john boehner last year. guest: he went to the president and he proposed tax reform, and the president said he was willing to go along with the entitlement reform. half the book is this 44 days, and economic cuban missile crisis where they are trying to do something. the end result is to push everything off, all the tough decisions to 2013. host: they come up with the sequestration plan. now we're at a point where automatic spending cuts go through january, 2013. we went back...
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boehner came out and said dead on arrival, that's not the way you create cooperation. you need two to dance with you. i think this president's going to continue to reach out. he hasn't stopped. he didn't stop on health care, didn't stop on jobs, didn't stop on the budget. he's going to continue to reach out. they have to accept his hand as well. >> senator coons, i want to ask you about this, this pew poll that came out, on vice president biden who two words to describe them, idiot was 43%. how did he, among a larger group of voters than maybe the white house is comfortable with, become a partisan punching bag? >> chuck, what matters about vice president joe biden, what the folks of delaware know about him is not some word cloud by pew but what's in his heart, shares with the people of delaware. joe biden is someone who's never forget wherein he came from, who's got a tough and clear and strong vision for this country and i know that tonight we're going to hear how he has been a central part of this administration, helping make our country stronger, and fighting tirele
boehner came out and said dead on arrival, that's not the way you create cooperation. you need two to dance with you. i think this president's going to continue to reach out. he hasn't stopped. he didn't stop on health care, didn't stop on jobs, didn't stop on the budget. he's going to continue to reach out. they have to accept his hand as well. >> senator coons, i want to ask you about this, this pew poll that came out, on vice president biden who two words to describe them, idiot was...
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i thinks to possible john boehner if he's speaker. i hope it's not that. i said if he will have a different caucus, a different election and the reason he didn't get an agreement on the debt limit he didn't have control of the caucus. the party wasn't ready to make a compromise. i think if president obama wins reelection, which i believe he will, just like in 1996, the republicans will look around and say, you no he what? we can't do this for four years. the first year and a half will be a productive year and a half for the country. >> let's talk about that four years ago barack obama had a health care proposal. he put it on the table. hillary clinton had one. she put it on the table. get locketted half the thing. what is the big proposal on the table now from president obama? i don't see one? >> well, david as an avid reader of your column, i think first of all that is part of what tonight is about. and it's not about this -- if it's a ten-point plan speech -- forget about it. i think he has a responsibility tomorrow night to lay out what the goals and ob
i thinks to possible john boehner if he's speaker. i hope it's not that. i said if he will have a different caucus, a different election and the reason he didn't get an agreement on the debt limit he didn't have control of the caucus. the party wasn't ready to make a compromise. i think if president obama wins reelection, which i believe he will, just like in 1996, the republicans will look around and say, you no he what? we can't do this for four years. the first year and a half will be a...
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john boehner is not a fan of that bill but mitt romney will have to tuck more about that to goes the gap in ohio. arthel: we'll be watching. it's an exciting race to say the least and weep it here on the fox news channel for all your details all the way up to november 6th and beyond. thank you, bob. jon: remembering andy williams, we'll look back at life and career of a singer who brought us some unforgettable music, hits like "moon river," "can't get used to losing you." as arthel just mentioned president obama and governor mitt romney both in the battleground state of ohio today. the president we're told is prepared to launch attacks against his opponent over china so, what is that all about? we'll get into it ahead. arthel: right now new information on crime stories we are keeping an eye out for you. a jamaican man accused of murdering a south carolina couple at their vacation home. the 28-year-old security tpard is charged with fatally stabbing michael and tell ma king at their beach-front condo on friday. king was a miss man building a rum factory on the islands. they are search
john boehner is not a fan of that bill but mitt romney will have to tuck more about that to goes the gap in ohio. arthel: we'll be watching. it's an exciting race to say the least and weep it here on the fox news channel for all your details all the way up to november 6th and beyond. thank you, bob. jon: remembering andy williams, we'll look back at life and career of a singer who brought us some unforgettable music, hits like "moon river," "can't get used to losing you." as...
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. >> and i think john boehner is speaking. he never comes on the show because we critize congress a lot of the time. but every other prominent republican does. ry and abigail higgins had... ...a tree that bore the most rare and magical fruit. which provided for their every financial need. and then, in one blinding blink of an eye, their tree had given its last. but with their raymond james financial advisor, they had prepared for even the unthinkable. and they danced. see what a raymond james advisor can do for you. >> happy that itt is moved on from jone boehner to ann romney who will be at the microphone talking about mitt romney. >> we have been critical of republicans and democrats on this show alike on spend i have critized the speaker a good deal as to whether he means what he said. everyone has appeared and the speaker has not. that's what i meantime by that. just to clarify that. we'll follow closely what they say. the republicans. and he's in louisiana right now familiaring the torm damage. senator, mitt romney gettin
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house speaker john boehner says the bill addresses regulations that are holding back the american economy. >> we've got the cheapest form of energy. we're the saudi arabia of coal and the president wants to shut down coal production and the use of coal in the united states and, so that we can export it to our economic competitors around the world. the house is going to speak once again that this is a big step in the wrong direction. >> the white house says this bill packages together a number of harmful measures that would undermined landmark environmental laws and would adversely affect public health, the economy and the environment. if this bill passes the house the senate will very likely pass on even considering it. back to you. ashley: the saudi arabia of coal. that's what we are. rich, thank you very much. >> how about that? procedural vote is happening now in the senate and that's possible that senators could vote on a six-month spending bill and then of course leave town until the november elections but it's not a done deal yet. joining us now with exclusive, for an exclusive inte
house speaker john boehner says the bill addresses regulations that are holding back the american economy. >> we've got the cheapest form of energy. we're the saudi arabia of coal and the president wants to shut down coal production and the use of coal in the united states and, so that we can export it to our economic competitors around the world. the house is going to speak once again that this is a big step in the wrong direction. >> the white house says this bill packages...
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boehner's favorite company. so the republican national committee put out a five-page memo cherry picking stuff from my book that they thought made obama look bad, but they for some reason didn't mention this company. but the reason that paul ryan can talk about it this way is because the stimulus has become this political disaster for obama. a year after it passed the percentage of americans who believed it created jobs are lower than the percentage of americans that believe elvis is alive. >> that's a pretty big number. >> no, it is actually pretty small. a lot of people think the stimulus is the bank bail out, which it isn't. it is a sort of main street bail out. it is $300 billion in tax cuts that went to more than 95% of the country and less than 10% of the country noticed it. i argue in the book, it is a narrative, it is a story, and i show how it really is changing the country. this is the purist -- pureest fiscalation of what obama meant by change. he really has achieved some good things, whether you like
boehner's favorite company. so the republican national committee put out a five-page memo cherry picking stuff from my book that they thought made obama look bad, but they for some reason didn't mention this company. but the reason that paul ryan can talk about it this way is because the stimulus has become this political disaster for obama. a year after it passed the percentage of americans who believed it created jobs are lower than the percentage of americans that believe elvis is alive....
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i mean, close to john boehner. worked with john boehner. and worked with republicans always. >> i was turning around to try to see whether they were cheering and they were cheering a video of a man dancing. >> it's a dance hall out there. >> a dance hall, yes. >> watching the difference between the republican convention and this convention, this convention is juiced on energy. that's going to give a bigger boost when the president speaks. he's so emotional and he connects with people. you had the governors talking policy talk. more wonkish. this is more about people. more about barack obama and belief in barack obama. >> congresswoman gabrielle giffords has just been introduced by debbie wasserman schultz. let's watch. [ applause ] [ crowd shouting "gabb"gabby" ] >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [ cheers and applause ] >> an emotional moment for many in this hall, watching congresswoman gabrielle gi
i mean, close to john boehner. worked with john boehner. and worked with republicans always. >> i was turning around to try to see whether they were cheering and they were cheering a video of a man dancing. >> it's a dance hall out there. >> a dance hall, yes. >> watching the difference between the republican convention and this convention, this convention is juiced on energy. that's going to give a bigger boost when the president speaks. he's so emotional and he...
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remember, the congress is controlled by senator harry reid who is a democrat, and john boehner, the speaker who is a republican and the president is a democrat to read too out of the three seats are held by democrats. the only way to get to these big issues is to start with a budget. we have proposed in the house the two budgets and i've been the subject of nasty ads about my willingness to stand up and bring something to the table. there hasn't been a budget in the senate for three and a half years. that's not leadership. speed if i could jump in -- >> moderator: go ahead. kuster: congressman likes to talk about the simpson-bowles plan, and i will let knowledge a broad approach like that is probably the version we need to go, but the reality is he voted for the budget both before the simpson-bowles, and within 24 hours of the simpson-bowles vote and the ryan budget has deep cuts to everything we need to get the economy moving again. education, innovation, infrastructure, roads, bridges, highways. we know how to get the economy going. we know you have to invest an opportunity today for the
remember, the congress is controlled by senator harry reid who is a democrat, and john boehner, the speaker who is a republican and the president is a democrat to read too out of the three seats are held by democrats. the only way to get to these big issues is to start with a budget. we have proposed in the house the two budgets and i've been the subject of nasty ads about my willingness to stand up and bring something to the table. there hasn't been a budget in the senate for three and a half...
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john boehner is trying to work a deal with the president to do tax reform and entitlement reform and his deputy, the majority leader, calls people like paul ryan, who is now running for vice president. .. >> if you keep doing this, you are going to risk your speakership. the president said when i talked to him, interestingly enough, he said in fixing -- he realizes the magnitude of all of this, as does speaker boehner, key democrats, key republicans realize what it is. and the president literally said to me, i would willingly lose an election if i could solve these problems. it is that serious. tim geithner, the treasury secretary, in the book is quoted thousands of words telling the president, you have got to do something about this problem. we have to fix it. you literally, it's not that we're going to close down the government, we will close down the american economy and, in turn, the global economy. if they do not solve the issue of this runaway spending, get some way to stop borrowing in excess, he tells the president of the united states if we default on this, on our obligation
john boehner is trying to work a deal with the president to do tax reform and entitlement reform and his deputy, the majority leader, calls people like paul ryan, who is now running for vice president. .. >> if you keep doing this, you are going to risk your speakership. the president said when i talked to him, interestingly enough, he said in fixing -- he realizes the magnitude of all of this, as does speaker boehner, key democrats, key republicans realize what it is. and the president...